If you are interested in performing at the 2017 Winthrop Rhythm & Blues Festival, submit your application by January 30, 2017 to the address below. Include your biography, photograph and CD. Because of volume of applications, we are unable to return submission materials.

If bands would rather submit an EPK please send to: talent@winthropbluesfestival.org. THIS IS THE PREFERRED METHOD OF SUBMISSION.

We begin reviewing talent in the late fall. Keep in mind that we only have 12 slots for our festival.
If we are slow to respond to your submission we apologize. For the handful of slots reserved on the Winthrop Festival lineup for regional acts and lesser known national acts (the rest being filled by the proven touring acts and headliners we actively seek out) we have in the past been inundated with submissions. We are a volunteer-run organization and can be overwhelmed by the sheer volume of submissions. Bands can submit EPKs however works best for them or they can submit a hard copy.

We have much respect for all of you as a musicians, performers, businesses. Putting together a festival lineup is much like curating a museum exhibition, and we look to the regional acts to complement and round out the lineup shaped by our headliners.